Papua Breakthrough
More than 600 central and Papua government officials met with representatives of 40 donor countries and international organizations to synchronize development efforts in the nation’s easternmost province.
March 4, 2008
THE February 15-18 event in the provincial Papua capital of Jayapura failed to make headlines in the national media, but it was unquestionably a significant step forward in Papua’s ambitious plan to pull itself out of the cycle of poverty and backwardness.
“Papua today is filled with paradoxes. On the one hand, it is endowed with rich natural resources and a wealth of culture,” said Papua Govenor Barnabas Suebu in his opening speech, “
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